Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Quest For Clerk Mains: Reasoning Quiz

Directions (1-5): In the following questions, the symbols @, #, %, $ and © are used with the following meaning as illustrated below:

‘P # Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor equal to Q’
‘P © Q’ means ‘P is neither equal to nor smaller than Q’
‘P % Q’ means ‘P is neither smaller than nor greater than Q’
‘P $ Q’ means ‘ P is not smaller than Q’
‘P @ Q’ means ‘P is not greater than Q’
Now in each of the following questions, assuming the given statements to be true, find which of the three conclusions I, II and III given below them is/are definitely true and give your answer accordingly.

1.Statements: R@D, D©W, B$W
Conclusions:
I. W # R        
II. B © D        
III. W $ R
(1) None is true         
(2) Only I is true
(3) Only III is true     
(4) Only either I or III is true
(5) All are true

2.Statements:H$V, V%M, K©M
Conclusions:   
I. K©V          
II. M@H        
III. H©K
(1) Only I and III are true         
(2) Only II and III are true
(3) Only I and II are true          
(4) All are true
(5) None of these

3.Statements: K#T, T$B, B@F
Conclusions:
I. F$T            
II. K#B         
III. T$F
(1) None is true                           
(2) Only I is true
(3) Only I and II are true           
(4) Only II and III are true
(5) All are true

4.Statements:Z#F, R@F, D©R
Conclusions:  
I. Z#R        
II. F#D          
III. D©Z
(1) None is true          
(2) Only I is true       
(3) Only III is true     
(4) Only either I or III is true
(5) All are true.

5.Statements:M © R, R % D, D@N
Conclusions:
I. M©N      
II.NSR            
III. M©D
(1) Only I and II are true           
(2) Only II and III are true
(3) Only I and III are true       
(4) All are true
(5) None of these.

Directions (6-10): Study the following information to answer the given questions:
Twelve people are sitting in two parallel rows containing six people each, in such a way that there is an equal distance between adjacent persons. In row l, P, Q, R, S, T and V are seated and all of them are facing south. In row 2, A, B, C, D, E and F are seated and all of them are facing north. Therefore, in the given seating arrangement each member seated in a row faces another member of the other row.
A sits third to right of D. Neither A nor D sits at extreme ends. T faces D. V does not face A and V does not sit at any of the extreme ends. V is not an immediate neighbour of T. B sits at one of the extreme ends. Only two people sit between B and E. E does not face V. Two persons sit between R and Q. R is not an immediate neighbour of T. C does not face V. P is not an immediate neighbour of R.

6.Who amongst the following sit at extreme ends of the rows?
(1) B, E                       
(2) S, T
(3) P, R                        
(4) B, F                       
(5) None of these

7.Who amongst the following faces A?
(1) R                            
(2) T
(3) P                             
(4) Q                           
(5) S

8.How many persons are seated between T and S?
(1) One                        
(2) Two
(3) Three                     
(4) Four                       
(5) None.

9.P is related to V in the same way as C is related to F. Which of the following is E related to, following the same pattern?
(1) B                            
(2) D
(3) C                            
(4) A                            
(5) None of these.

10.Which of the following is true regarding F?
(1) F sits second to right of C.
(2) F is not an immediate neighbour of A.
(3) F sits third to left of D.
(4) F sits at one of the extreme ends of the line.
(5) F faces V.


Answers:

1. (1)
2. (3)
3. (1)
4. (1)
5. (2)
6. (3)
7. (5)
8. (2)
9. (1)
10. (5)


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